1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for deer testing.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. TESTING DEER FOR PFAS; APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 	$....... in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
1.6 	natural resources to test for the presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
1.7 	(PFAS) in the state's wild deer population. Priority must be given to testing deer located 
1.8 	near areas where PFAS have been detected. The commissioner, in consultation with the 
1.9 	commissioner of health, must develop protocols for informing the public if levels of PFAS 
1.10 	in the wild deer population have the potential to impact the health of people consuming 
1.11 	wild deer. The commissioner must submit a report summarizing the results of the testing 
1.12 	and the protocols to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives 
1.13 	and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the environment and natural 
1.14 	resources finance and policy by March 15, 2021. This is a onetime appropriation.